KRZYSZTOF GAWLIKOWSKI: THE NATURE AND DYNAMICS OF DENG XIAOPING’S REFORMS
China’s road to superpower status really started in the late 1970s with a burst of reforms adopted under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping. Decisions…
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VLADIMIR PORTYAKOV: RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: CURRENT STAGE AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
The turn of 2012 and 2013 proved to be an auspicious time for Sino-Russian relations. As both states adjusted their foreign policies to changing…
Beata Przybylska-Maszner: ECONOMIC RELATIONS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ECOWAS – AN ILLUSORY INTERDEPENDENCE, A DECLARED COOPERATION, AND A NECESSARY COMPETITION
EU policy towards Africa has evolved substantially over time. What are the factors that have shaped these changes? What has been the impact on…
Konrad Czernichowski: PERSPECTIVES OF MONETARY INTEGRATION IN EASTERN AFRICA
The merging of the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…
Sehlare Makgetlaneng: THE POSSIBILITY OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN CUSTOMS UNION IN INTEGRATING SOUTHERN AFRICA. THE VIEW OF SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY
The merging of the East African Community (EAC), the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)…
MACIEJ MICHAŁEK: THE HARD TRUTH ABOUT SOFT POWER – THE CASE OF THE PRC UNDER NEW LEADERSHIP
Application of soft power has become an important tool for XXIst Century grand strategy. The growing economic, political and cultural clout of PRC has…
RAFAŁ WIŚNIEWSKI: POLITICAL FUTURE OF THE KOREAN PENINSULA: AN ATTEMPT AT FORECASTING
The unresolved conflict stemming from Korean Peninsula’s division into two mutually hostile states remains one of the most destabilizing factors in North-East Asian regional…
FUELING THE DRAGON’S RISE – PROSPECTS FOR THE CHINESE ECONOMY – Interview with Maciej Walkowski
As many Chinese politicians say, contrary to Russians who, at the end of 1980s, “nosedived into the pool forgetting to fill it with water…
PLA ON THE MARCH – MILITARY TRANSFORMATION AND MODERNIZATION IN THE PRC – interview with Paweł Behrendt
Chinese military envisages gradual development from regional to global power. History shows that China always has time and leaders in Beijing know this”- claims…
MACIEJ MAĆKOWIAK: INDONESIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS
Development of relations with ASEAN states proved to be an important element of China’s growing regional diplomatic outreach. The opportunities and challenges faced by…